[Marxism] Glen Beck: "The Obamas are Marxists"

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is nothing at all new about Republicans
calling Democrats Marxists, pinks and reds.
They have been doing for at least seventy years,
ever since the time of FDR.  Richard Milhous Nixon
quite literally built his career on that basis,
as did Reagan and countless other Republicans
ever since.  Nobody should be surprised to
see the same tactics being used in this campaign.

Jim F.

^^^^
CB: Yes, glad Jim reminded of this. 

Of course, now ,  post Cold War and with Communism 
 dead, more and more young people 
 have not gone through heavy duty anti-Communist
 and anti-Marxist brainwashing.  I'm wondering if
 bringing Marxism back up now might sort of backfire 
on the right-wing. For example,  the Kristol type article 
might cause some young people to go back and read
 the famous quote by Marx on religion, and more than 
just the snippet " opium of the people". The whole 
thing is kind of impressive. Next thing you know they
 will want to read The Manifesto and _Capital_. Does
 the right-wing really want to bring up Marxism "again" ?



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